App Review eScan Internet Security 2023

[Shadowra]

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https://odysee.com/@Shadowra:f/eScan-Internet-Security:2

eScan is a well-known Indian antivirus.
It uses the same recipe as its competitor Gdata: a partner engine (Bitdefender) and its own anti-malware engine.
The product's interface is rather "old-school", although eScan has tried to refresh it.
Let's see whether the product has improved or not.



Interface: 6/10

The interface remains old-school, even if it has been refreshed.
However, I don't find it clear. A novice can easily get lost, especially in the settings, because eScan doesn't explain!

The software is relatively heavy on the system. A bad point.

Protection:10/10 Web / Fake crack 1/1 Malware Pack : Remaining 19 out of 1019 - Infected

There's nothing to be said for pure detection, eScan is excellent and analyses the pack very quickly!
But that remains its only strong point on the pack. Even though eScan has a behavior blocker, it unfortunately lags behind.
eScan will try to defend itself, but will be unable to do anything about Powershell scripts that install malware and inject a process into memory.

Surprisingly, KVRT detects an eScan process as a Trojan! (KillAV... why? )


Result :
K7 : 0
NPE : 1
KVRT : 7 (with 1 file eScan - KillAV)
Emsisoft : 33

Recommand :Yes but only with careful, family-friendly surfing
System Clean : Infected

 

[Moonhorse]

Not bad results for such unknown product
Can you test GDATA anytime soon?

 

[Shadowra]

Not bad results for such unknown product
Can you test GDATA anytime soon?

Yep

 

[comolokko]

Thank you @Shadowra

 

[Neutrophil]

GUI looks like encarta with a little sprinkle of PUP vibes. Nice test.

 

[AlexCa]

I remember using the eScan Anti-Virus Toolkit (an on-demand scanner) and Combofix many years ago when I worked at a computer repair store. These two tools were the ones that did the "heavy-lifting" when it came to cleaning up the machines, and they did a pretty good job.

 

[anirbandutta01]

eScan is a well-known Indian antivirus.
It uses the same recipe as its competitor Gdata: a partner engine (Bitdefender) and its own anti-malware engine.
The product's interface is rather "old-school", although eScan has tried to refresh it.
Let's see whether the product has improved or not.



Interface: 6/10

The interface remains old-school, even if it has been refreshed.
However, I don't find it clear. A novice can easily get lost, especially in the settings, because eScan doesn't explain!

The software is relatively heavy on the system. A bad point.

Protection:10/10 Web / Fake crack 1/1 Malware Pack : Remaining 19 out of 1019 - Infected

There's nothing to be said for pure detection, eScan is excellent and analyses the pack very quickly!
But that remains its only strong point on the pack. Even though eScan has a behavior blocker, it unfortunately lags behind.
eScan will try to defend itself, but will be unable to do anything about Powershell scripts that install malware and inject a process into memory.

Surprisingly, KVRT detects an eScan process as a Trojan! (KillAV... why? )


Result :
K7 : 0
NPE : 1
KVRT : 7 (with 1 file eScan - KillAV)
Emsisoft : 33

Recommand :Yes but only with careful, family-friendly surfing
System Clean : Infected

Hi @Shadowra How are you ? If possible , a small request, please make a test between QUICK HEAL 2023 vs K7 ( 2 top Indian brands ) or only QUICK HEAL 2023 . Your previous K7 test is very good in fact all the test or compare video done by you is EXCELLENT! I love your testing videos. Take your time & make it later no issue. Please

 

[partha_roy]

Hi @Shadowra, I was away for a while and just came across your test that I was eagerly waiting for; I appreciate you taking the time to review this product; it's one of my absolute favourites

Just a few points that I wanted to touch base on with respect to the test and perhaps you may want to look into when you test it the next time -

you may want to enable the code analyser under the Objects menu; that's eScan's heuristic scanner that examines suspicious codes and may aid in blocking powershell scripts that the other modules may miss

you can see below that it detected and stopped a malicious ps script that I tried to extract; it was detected immediately upon access by the file explorer

One other point I wanted to bring up was you accidentally allowing access to a file that was detected by eScan as suspicious; it's at the 3:32 mark where you accidentally allowed the access

Lastly, eScan does have a fairly extensive knowledge base repository and it can be accessed by clicking the question mark icon at the top right of any eScan dialog box

 

[partha_roy]

you know this product often goes under the radar; maybe it has to do with the horrible gui and the placement of options that can be a little confusing initially

Like I keep saying, this is arguably the most underrated antivirus software ever

 

[nickstar1]

if only they updated the GUI and made the settings better still did better than quickheal. escans website reminds me of the old avast! website back when they actually valued privacy and didn't mooch off consumers data.

 

[partha_roy]

if only they updated the GUI and made the settings better still did better than quickheal. escans website reminds me of the old avast! website back when they actually valued privacy and didn't mooch off consumers data.

True, but quickheal is no match for eScan to be very honest; eScan is a different breed

 

[XLR8R]

Surprisingly, KVRT detects an eScan process as a Trojan! (KillAV... why? )

The program uses a tool named killproc which does exactly what it says using methods that are very much similar to "KillAV". The killproc is also heavily utilized by the eScan BB. This program is still effective protection wise but code-wise it's a frankenstein, there's layers and layers of code and a lot of legacy modules still run. It is surprisingly light despite this and is the last AV that still supports Windows 2000.
Basically eScan AV has some G-Data legacy code, some own modules, their own web filtering and real-time drivers coupled with BitDefender's ATC from 2017-2018 modified with their own ruleset (periodically updated) and complemented with a self-developed behavioral monitoring "add-on" that actually works in tandem with the BitDefender ATC/AVC. They also use the BitDefender scan engine SDK, but have their own signatures for certain threats and PUPs BitDefender does not detect.

 

[XLR8R]

you know this product often goes under the radar; maybe it has to do with the horrible gui and the placement of options that can be a little confusing initially

Like I keep saying, this is arguably the most underrated antivirus software ever

The company eScan is content with being focused on SMB and governmental/institutional contracts. They have a good deal of state/central government contracts in India and that is the mainstay of their business. If you see their website there's no home user section, they use say SOHO because they aren't really targeting home users anymore.

 

[partha_roy]

The company eScan is content with being focused on SMB and governmental/institutional contracts. They have a good deal of state/central government contracts in India and that is the mainstay of their business. If you see their website there's no home user section, they use say SOHO because they aren't really targeting home users anymore.

Correct. It's a hidden gem